Seth Ellis
230 Gatewood
334-5753
email

office hours:
T 1-3PM

Course Materials

syllabus binding methods first exercise first project second project

Links

copyright info

copyright terms Creative Commons

some altered books

Tom Phillip's Humument Brian Dettmer's Book Autopsies Dario Robleto gallery site Dario Robleto interview Burrough's cut-up and fold-in methods

binding tutorials

Bookbinding tutorial by Brian Sawyer (case binding) perfect binding Coptic binding Stab stitch binding pamphlet stitch pamphlet binding (no pictures) chopstick binding

public domain resources

archive.org NYPL archive Stock.xchng

royalty-free stock photos; registration required

Blue Vertigo

links to design resources

Kuler

non-Addams

Epson paper online John Neal Bookseller Southern Photo

last project: some links

The Library of Babel (James Irby translation) Spanish text of The Library of Babel Borges: Garden of Forking Paths cut-up text: Open Wound 1.0 Lawrence Weiner on Wikipedia Weiner retrospective Art & Language on Wikipedia Art & Language at the Lisson Gallery

some artists

Flying Fish Press Circle Press Claire Van Vliet Lois Morrison Perishable Press (Walter Hamady) Elizabeth Harrington's Art of Fugue Kelmscott Press Janet Zweig Nuria Mora Banksy The Amen Break (Amen Break on YouTube)

book resources

Center for Book Arts My Handbound Books (blog) BookArts BibliOdyssey Seth's del.icio.us links

other

Book Covers Voice: AIGA Journal of Design

from the American Institute of Graphic Artists

AIGA Design Archives Penguin Classics Wall Art CSU International Poster Collection Identifont What the Font?

student competitions

SIGGRAPH student poster competition Adobe Design Achievement Awards Creativity Awards

Schedule

Exercise 1: Chapbook

critique: September 2

 

Project 1: Chapbook

critique: September 23

 

Project 2: Altered Book

maquette due: TBD

critique: October 16

 

Fall Break

October 21

 

Project 3: Translated Object

maquette due: TBD

critique: November 13

 

Thanksgiving

November 27

 

Project 4: Babel Book

maquette due: TBD

critique: December 11